The “Cast Iron Site”—A Tale of Four Stoves from the 1845 Franklin Northwest Passage Expedition

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Stenton, Douglas R., Park, Robert W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2020
• Subjects: Franklin Expedition; King William Island; archaeology; portable stoves; Inuit; expédition Franklin; île King William; archéologie; cuisinières portatives; Nunavut; Northwest Passage; William Island; Arctic; inuit; Northwest passage; Passage du Nord-Ouest
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/69830

Few detailed analyses exist for the majority of the sites that comprise the archaeological record of the 1845Franklin Northwest Passage expedition. This paper presents the results of new investigations of an Inuit site (NgLj-9) at Erebus Bay on King William Island, Nunavut, containing materials deri...